When a Southwest University needed an efficient and safe method to lift their sculptures into the kiln area they selected Pentalift’s LPE low profile elevating dock lift. The LPE elevating dock lift is designed to be surface mounted and has a fully lowered height of six inches when in the stored position. Sculptures arriving at […]

This Powered Aire Dealer solved a Midwest Chemical Company’s bird problem by incorporating Powered Aire Curtains with High Speed Roll up Doors. Keeping birds out of the building was critical to this Manufacturer’s process. No matter how fast the door cycled it was ZERO% effective in keeping the birds out when it was in the […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has strict regulations regarding the storage of vaccines. Sensors on the coolers of pharmaceutical companies monitor the storage environment to ensure those regulations are being met. A large pharmaceutical manufacturer in Richmond, Virginia, was struggling to keep its cooler below the mandated 34 degrees fahrenheit because they shipped vaccines […]

Shamrock Foods, a food distributor that does a lot of institutional and restaurant business throughout Arizona, has an automated high-rise storage/retrieval system in its distribution center. A conveyor system travels from a cooler dock through a wall into the freezer area in the AS/RS tower. The hole in the wall through which the conveyor travels […]

A National Bank in Western PA required a loading dock design that would provide them with the potential to load and unload a wide range of trailers at their new office expansion. Since they receive vehicles like tractor trailers, van trailers, pickup trucks, cars, mail and armor trucks they needed the flexibility to service them […]

An International Cosmetic Company awards Pentalift and their Dealer Partner the contract to install 85 Hydraulic Roll-Off Stop Dock Levelers, 85 Model PS200 Dock Seals and 85 Model HFR32 Hydraulic Vehicle Restraints at their Midwestern Distribution Facility. This Cosmetics Giant determined that Pentalift was able to offer them a better design and value over the […]

When your manufacturing facility is located in the windswept plains of the midwest, that wind plays havoc on door openings. A leading manufacturer of passenger rail cars installed five BPA Big Powered Aire Curtains to reduce the infiltration of cold air in the winter, warm air in the summer, and help prevent dirt from entering […]

Why the R-Value of a Cold Storage Dock Door PANEL is NOT enough! There are many factors that come into play when using R-values to compute heat loss for a Dock Door. The Panel Thermostop Energex Mark III & Mark IV doors are being offered in 3″ (R-24) and 4″ (R-32) thicknesses and are thus […]